Chelsea Midfielder Matic Completes Medical at Man Utd

Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic has undergone a
medical at Manchester United ahead of a 40-million-pound ($52.53-million) move
that will reunite him with former manager Jose Mourinho, British media said
reported yesterday.

The midfielder was pictured at the club’s
Carrington Road training complex on Sunday, with media reporting that a deal
would be announced today.

It will be the second time that Matic, who turns
29 on Tuesday, has played under Mourinho. The Portuguese first signed him when
he was Chelsea manager, for 21 million pounds in Jan. 2014.

Matic, who had originally joined the Blues in 2009
before moving to Benfica in 2011, became an influential part of Chelsea’s
title-winning side under Mourinho in 2014-15.

However, the 32-times capped Serbian international
was among those under-performing badly in Mourinho’s final season at Stamford
Bridge before becoming a regular as new manager Antonio Conte took Chelsea to
another title last season.

This month Chelsea have signed Monaco midfielder
Tiemoue Bakayoko and, probably sensing his place was under threat, Matic
declined to sign an extension to his contact which had two years left to run.

At Old Trafford, Matic will be reunited with
another former Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata and compete with Michael Carrick
and Marouane Fellaini for a first-team spot. Matic’s arrival follows Mourinho’s
unsuccessful move for Tottenham Hotspur’s Eric Dier as United seek to mount a
serious Premier League challenge for the first time since the departure of Alex
Ferguson in 2013.

United have already signed 30-million-pound
defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica and paid Everton 75 million pounds for
striker Romelu Lukaku.